The 1974 Miami Toros season was the second season of the team, and the club's eighth season in professional soccer. This year, the team earned first place in the Eastern Division. They advanced through the North American Soccer League playoffs to the NASL Final, before losing on penalty kicks to the Los Angeles Aztecs.
| 1974 season | |||
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| Manager | John Young | ||
| Stadium | Miami Orange Bowl | ||
| NASL | Eastern Division: First place NASL Championship:Finalist | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Steve David (13 goals) All: Steve David (13 goals) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 7,340 | ||
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Background
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Review
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Competitions
editNASL regular season
editW = Wins, L = Losses, T= PK Shootout Wins, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system
6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.
| Northern Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT |
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| Boston Minutemen | 10 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 94 |
| Toronto Metros | 9 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 87 |
| Rochester Lancers | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 77 |
| New York Cosmos | 4 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 40 | 58 |
| Eastern Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT |
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| Miami Toros | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 107 |
| Baltimore Comets | 10 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 46 | 105 |
| Philadelphia Atoms | 8 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 74 |
| Washington Diplomats | 7 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 70 |
| Central Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT |
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| Dallas Tornado | 9 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 100 |
| St. Louis Stars | 4 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 54 |
| Denver Dynamos | 5 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 42 | 49 |
| Western Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT |
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| Los Angeles Aztecs | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 36 | 110 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 38 | 103 |
| Seattle Sounders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 101 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 70 |
Results summaries
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Results by round
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Match reports
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NASL Playoffs
editSemifinals
edit| August 17 | Miami Toros | 3–1 | Dallas Tornado | Tamiami Stadium[1][2] • Att. 5,045 |
| Miami Toros | 3–3 | Los Angeles Aztecs |
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Wright  17' Sharp  48' (pen.) Moraldo 72' (o.g.) Aranguiz 87' |
de Rienzo 26' (pen.) Costa 78' McMillan 88' |
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| Penalties | ||
Aguirre  Sharp Mallender Verdi |
3–5 | Zanotti Banhoffer Marotte Filotis Douglas |
Bracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | NASL Final 1974 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 2 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | Boston Minutemen | 1 | N1 | Boston Minutemen | 0 | |||||||||
| E2 | Baltimore Comets | 0 | W1 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 3(5) | |||||||||
| E1 | Miami Toros | 3(3) | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Dallas Tornado | 1 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Dallas Tornado | 3 | E1 | Miami Toros | 3 | |||||||||
| W2 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | ||||||||||||
Match reports
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Statistics
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Transfers
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Football in Miami and Beyond: Ft Lauderdale Strikers History: Part II: PRO SOCCER COMES TO MIAMI". October 13, 2010.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1489454&hl=en [dead link]
- ^ "The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ Dan Levin (September 2, 1974). "A bizarre overtime kicking contest enabled the Los - 09.02.74 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ^ "Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.